Morning Brew – MK Nobilette makes the top 13 on “American Idol”

I have to say that I’m very disappointed in Arizona and Kansas. If you are currently living in either of those places, I am so sorry that you have to deal with that kind if bigotry close to home. It’s not right.

“I’ve always had the misfortune of living a life that seems to be salacious to other people. It doesn’t matter who I’m dating. People have always talked about me. … People were always rolling their eyes. My parents, their friends, my friend’s parents – they just didn’t get it. There was always something I was getting into that shocked them, and nothing changed when I got here. In all my relationships, there was something to gossip about. I’ve always done exactly what I wanted to do.”

The network felt the scene in the director’s cut was too explicit and went on too long for a program on ABCFamily. They asked for changes. We went back and forth pushing as far as we felt we could, but not wanting to jeopardize the entire sequence. I felt this was something important for the characters and the audience to experience, even in a slightly toned-down version.

Film Editor Robert Lattanzio went back into the scene, shortened some shots and selected different takes. The scene of the two girls in bed in the broadcast version is approximately nine seconds shorter than the version in the director’s cut.

Figures!

Out lesbian Lauren Custer Dowling has been named as the new Vice President of Development for GLAAD. That means there are two lesbians in prime positions at the media organization! Lauren comes to GLAAD from the LA Gay and Lesbian Center.

Are you getting married soon? Need a dress? A TLC show seeks women in lesbian relationships to be a part of their new reality series.